Plot: Boring New Jersey couple Phil and Claire Foster (Steve Carell and Tina Fey) go out to dinner and are mistaken for criminals by corrupt cops. They are chased around town until they make a bizarre plan to save themselves.
Review: The is a smart comedy with many good laughs -- most of the laughs are about anatomy and sex with a few pointed jabs at suburban married life. I really enjoyed watching Tina Fey, who was funny and likeable. Steve Carell has some good scenes, but too many are the kind of cringe-worthy scenes where I can hardly bare to watch.
There is one car chase scene that is creative and funny.
Cast: Tina Fey, Steve Carell
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Rating: 2.5 flasks; almost three stars.
More: Tina Fey mostly plays single women, so it is interesting to see her take on married women -- as she is married herself.
Even more: I saw this movie with my wife, does that make it a date night? She did not like it. So the satire about suburban married women did not work, at least with her, although she said it was the over-abundance of sex jokes she disliked.
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